Closed Bug 108376 Opened 23 years ago Closed 15 years ago

password manager stores wrong news:// login

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(MailNews Core :: Networking: NNTP, defect, P2)

x86
Windows 98
defect

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(Not tracked)

RESOLVED WORKSFORME
mozilla1.2alpha

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(Reporter: info, Unassigned)

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My login is zaplinski@, not olaf.zaplinski@

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stored is also the group name
Sorry, forgot build ID: 0.9.5 2001101117
Attached file zip'ed BMP
->Wallet
Product: MailNews → Browser
QA Contact: junruh → bsharma
er, Password Manager.
Assignee: mstoltz → morse
Component: Security: General → Password Manager
QA Contact: bsharma → tpreston
password manager stores whatever username it is told to store by mailnews.  So 
the problem, if there is one, is in the call that mailnews is making to password 
manager.

Reassigning.
Assignee: morse → mscott
Component: Password Manager → Mail Back End
Product: Browser → MailNews
QA Contact: tpreston → esther
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Assignee: mscott → sspitzer
Component: Mail Back End → Networking - News
QA Contact: esther → stephend
Do you have a server I can test this on?

news://poisonivy.mcom.com/xrated saves my correct user/pass on a 200
poisonivy.mcom.com Netscape-Collabra/3.5 33623 server.
get an account on http://news.cis.dfn.de/en/register.html and try
Terri, Jennifer, what is supposed to be stored in password manager?  I'm
attaching the screenshot.  In this case, it's grabbing my username ('stephend')
from my IMAP account, when it should be grabbing 'donner' (as username), from
the account that was setup on http://news.cis.dfn.de/en/register.html.  Even
though we save the password field for IMAP, we don't list it in the Password
Manager.  Should we be doing the same for news?  My NNTP spec doesn't currently
cover what values should *appear* in the Password Manager, but I can tell you,
it *stores* them correctly, as between sessions, my information is remembered
correctly.

Confirming.  This seems valid.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
I signed up for an account, but you are right, we should be grabbing username, 
I'll update after I have an account at this site (I have to wait for them to 
email me back :-( )
Agreed, using my IMAP account not the username I typed in, cc: morse (w2k build 
2001111403
cc'ing racham.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Keywords: nsbeta1
Keywords: nsbeta1nsbeta1+
Priority: -- → P2
Keywords: mozilla0.9.9
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.0
nsbeta1- per ADT triage, ->1.2, blocks 'miracle bug' 122274
Blocks: 122274
Keywords: nsbeta1+nsbeta1-
Target Milestone: mozilla1.0 → mozilla1.2
just for your info: problem is still there in 1.0rc1 / Win32 / 2002041711
*** Bug 161377 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Keywords: mozilla0.9.9mozilla1.3
Has anyone found a workaround for this? Any way to hack the password file? 
still the same problem with 2002121217/Linux
this bug is 1.3 years old now, the problem is still there in 20030312. Anything new?
nothing new here. Is somebody listening? My last question remained unanswered.
that's the way we store passwords for news. I don't think that's the problem.
However, we may not be forgetting bad passwords...
Product: MailNews → Core
Summary: passwd manager stores wrong news:// login → password manager stores wrong news:// login
sorry for the spam.  making bugzilla reflect reality as I'm not working on these bugs.  filter on FOOBARCHEESE to remove these in bulk.
Assignee: sspitzer → nobody
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Filter on "Nobody_NScomTLD_20080620"
QA Contact: stephend → networking.news
Product: Core → MailNews Core
Nowadays, the username is merely being set to "not set" (on Linux 2.0.0.20pre, 20090103), so RESO WFM.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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